Vin Diesel Announces 'Fast And Furious' Release Dates

February 3, 2016 6:21 AM PST

Vin Diesel shared some big "Fast and Furious" news on
Tuesday night – confirming release dates for the film franchise.

At first, the actor teased the news in an Instagram post
writing, "Happy Toretto Tuesday... P.s. The studio has
asked me to release some very big Fast news... Give me a minute though, for I
am still in that Xander state of Mind."

"Xander returns," he wrote on Instagram. "As most of you know I like to stay in character for the most part when given the opportunity to make magic. However, it was Toretto Tuesday and the studio gave me big news to share... So I will share it..."

Vin followed it up with a post
revealing the release dates for the ninth and tenth films in the "Fast and Furious" franchise.

The actor's post included the previously announced date for "Fast and Furious 8" -- April 14, 2017, which he announced on his Instagram page earlier this year. Vin’s new post revealed that the
ninth installment comes out on April 19, 2019, and the tenth hits
theaters on April 2, 2021.